Quintana Roo

Quintana Roo is Maya land: the ruins of Tulum — the only Maya city by the sea — and Cobá, with its jungle-climbable pyramid, tell of a civilization of astronomers, mathematicians and navigators that ruled this coast for centuries.

The Mexican Caribbean greets you with music: cumbia, salsa and Caribbean reggae fill Cancún's hotel zone, where celebration is part of the DNA — from the clubs of Laguna Nichupté to Tulum's beach clubs.

Cenotes are the Riviera Maya's natural icon: over 6,000 crystal-clear sinkholes — sacred to the Maya as portals to the underworld — open beneath the jungle in stalactite caverns of endless visibility.

Cozumel ranks among the world's ten best dive destinations: the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef — the planet's second largest — unfolds coral walls, turtles and eagle rays 40 minutes by ferry from Playa del Carmen.